tentacle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
caught in the tentacles of organized crime
Types & categories
- grasp hypernym
Related & opposite
- tentacular derivation
Sense 2 noun
any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- tentacular derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tentacular |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grasp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tentacular |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feeler |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | barbel |